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Originally Posted by PKFFW
I wonder how many of those advocating the abolition of copyright make their living, or even a substantial part of their living, from creative endeavours. Same goes for those suggesting how easy it would be to still make money from creative endeavours if copyright were abolished.
Or are you all making your money by swapping X number of hours for X number of dollars pretty much regardless of how much actual work is done or product is produced?
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I don't think anyone (worth paying attention to) is advocating the removal of copyright; some of us are saying that, if it happened, society would not collapse into a stagnant heap of boredom, but rather, we'd find a way to pay creators.
Probably not one that worked as well as copyright, which is why nobody (serious) is trying to eliminate copyright--nobody has an idea for anything as good, much less better, to replace it.
(I don't make a living based on copyright, but I do a lot of hobby work that does rely on it. I wouldn't post fanfic publicly if it weren't protected by copyright law.)